Draft-gear for railroad-cars.



Nm 839,350. PATENTBD DEG. 25,v 1906.

DRAFT GEAR PORRAILROAD GARS. APPLIOA'IQION FILED 00T.15, 1.908.

Y mi? 'UNITED srirriisv gPATENT onirica. f

CHARLES T. WESTLAKE,OF LOUIS,VMIISSOURI,` ASSIGNOR TO TRANSOM 'DRAF T 4GEAR COMPANY, OF ST# LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE,

f. DRAFT-GEAR rFol-'muLlao/iD-o/iris.

No. 839,350. a

., Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Dc. 25, 1906.

Application filed October 15,1906. Serial No. 339,031.'

To all wiz/bm it 'may concern:

LAKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, `inthe State'of Missouri, have invented anew and useful Improvement in DraftfGear for Railroad-Cars, ofv which the i following is afspeciicatio'n.V

invention relates to ldraftlgear for 'a'I -'railroadhcar,andfpartieularly" to that `class oi draitegear fin Which the springs are arranged eithersingly 4with follower-platesv or one ehind the other with er fwithout auowerf plates` tandernwise'and in alinementwith toa metallic orf-housing-or direct tothe `boldy-bolster llocated, between narrowlythe longitudinal center of the car and applied 1-5 of. a" Self-centering l.',draft-ear havinI ,the

, Lsprin s on each side of the; ongitudina een-y -1 -Iter the car, lsuch as that described in the' Un'ited `States VLetters Patent lgranted tol Harry. Plieger Yand dated, respectively,

' VNoff 1813,4 27'j5and my linvention has forv its object;l Vto 'render the said 'single-or 'tandem' xsprindraftfgear under these conditions self- 3o VMyinvention consists 1n features of'nov- .Il elty, jv asy hereinafter describ ed. and vclairined,v

having'- the Springs arranged tandemwise Without follower-platesiand ap lied'to a mel 4fov 4 (s1p`aced" middle longitudinal metal sills or" tallic blockfiixed- `between it "e narrowlyaftmembersfof a railroad-ear; Fig. 2.a

' AT jv'erti'cal longitudinal' 'section'. through. the

same on line 2 2 inFig. 1'; Figs. 3 and 4, verf tical transverseisections thereof nlines' 3 3 `andf1,4,respect1vely, in Fig. 2; and Fig. 5, a

reduced vscal'eafievv of the draft-gear corre-5 spondi'ng'to'llig; 3' asr applied to a car-body 'bolsterf-in'l-ieu of the separatelyconstructed block s hoivn'injlligs. 1 to .4. ,Y

Like letters and numerals' of reference denote likeparts inv all the figures.'

Aspring v6.

.yoke d passingthroug respectively," at their i'ree A ends Lto the 1 bar c (preferably at eachsidethereof) by a 'pin or lolt e, Whi'ch'is preferabl fixed in the I' longitudinal metal sills (or draft members) of Be itf known that I, lCHARLES T. Wasna railroad-car7 between" which is arranged a block or housing b, havingin the present ease two .opposite members l, adapted to bear against the inner upright faces of the sills a, to which they are iiXed-by rivets or bolts 2 and united together inte ally by an upright Web- 3,' which when lthe ble of a body-bolster in 'combination with the -truckbolsteris perforated .centrally and Otherwise suitably shaped -thereat for the passage therethrough of the king-bolt, (not showm) the body center plate 4 in this case bearingv against the under side of the block b ck b is used in lieu and iixed tothe sills a by rivets or bolts, as

showm., w In .or: rojecting from the iront and -rear sides 'of t e Web 3 are formed two recesses or pockets 5 5', respectively, which arealined to thel longitudinal center of the car7 the front pocket 5 being adapted lto receive the inner end portion of the` limiting-spring 6 oi.' the'draft-gear and the rear pocket.5"to re- `eive the inner end portion o f the draftc is thefdraW-bar, havingatits inner end a pocket 7, which is similar land opposite to the pocket 5 and adapted to receive the outer end portion ofthe bufiing-spring '6. d is a yoke having lon its inner face a pocket 8,' similar andfopposite to the pocket 5 and adapted 17oreceive the rear end or tionof lthe drait-sprin 6,', the arms 9.o the openings 10 therefor through theweb 3 of lthe'b ook b and cou led,

draW-bar lc and passes freely t ough ,a slot 1 1', formed thereat longitudinally .and verti- 1.1 uring the pulling movement ofthe dravvbar c when in its normal. position or in central alinement to thelongitudinal center of the springs 6 6 andcar. l On 'a lateral movement of the` draw-bar c to either side of the said center "when passing round curves orotherwise the lpin e on that side from which the' draw-bar is constrained by the cou lers the opposite pin evvill travel iiits vslot l1 ra- ICO 'Will remain normal orin en agement-wit the 1 yiront end of its correspon ing slot 11, While a represents the narrowlyspaced middle dally tothe-said engaged pin e, the yokefd. meanwhile remaining normal or unaffected, .wherebyvthepocketV in the draw-bar c..will ,compress thespring 6 towardthatside ,ad-

jacentto Ithe moving pin c, so that onthe -release of the draW-bar'c the latter `will be re'- turned by the reaction of the spring 6 toits normal position, or, in other-Words, self-cen tered, or, if desired, the pins e in lieu'of being iixeddnthe '.draw.-1bar c and the slots 11=1 formed through the arms -v.,9, as.-,above :described, the arrangement may be reversedvthetfisto say, ,thepins ,e fixed in. the V.arms 9 and ftherslets 1.1 ,ffomed through elle.4 new` I 5 bar c, ,the p perationn. both eases being. the

seeme- The Same arrangement sand oper-g etten ofthe .drew-bancenduyekefdoupled ftheretoagples alsoftoa draftfgeerrhayingra Si lesprln passie .throiifghen'epemngun 2o ay pck, or: odyrboster cQmbnedevithifolalQi/verplates rend alined ft@ the lQrggtudnal .centen of, the. car. What claim lasmylnventon, and' desire ftossecnrebyghetters,Patent, is-

scribed, the Qmnbmrtion `of :the draw-bar adapted ,to ,engage .one ,end .of e rsprring, a yoke adapted to engage the other endofthe .and ,having .a .slot .throughea'ch yarm so .v reoflongitudmlly .theret.0, ehousligfff @he .spring ,having Afa passage therethrough .for tlwfsgfmfw-Sr and byu Qppest'epinsixed y .tnthadrewbfmend, pessmglfreely thi Qugh the e fsaldssluts,.thesad-pinsrbengade .ted toen# .gage the fouten ends nf .the @aide Q tsfdurng'. thepullingmqrement OtthedIaWTbar-when ahred to .Y the longitudinal center of the 4,1. In draft .-gea'r (of ,the character -del :of .longitudinally thereto, a housing for the .srings having a Fassege therethrough for t e said ar1'ns.anv two opposite pins fixed Ato .the draw-bar `and essmg -Ireely through vthe .said slots, lthe sailiipins beinU-,adaptedvto ymgmt e pulling movement ofthe drawlber .Whenalined tothedongitudixml, center of the springs," and to be ,fgmoved ,'Tadially to x,each otherA in the .saidslets :nbout the .said yende, respectively, when l'the f draw-bar .is =inelined laterally .to the. seid center, :substantially fas'fo described,

,3.5111 draft .-1 eer of ,the :character ,described, thecom netiontwithtwomembcrs, :the draw-barfend 4.the yoke, of i. two. opposite Ipin'shzed, .inbnenf the *seid members y and adeptethto .engage `rinslots rfornled through athe, other `said ,member i lon itudinally .thereto, "substantially esdesoriaed .and .for lithe .purposeetr'orti Jn testmonywhereof :I 'halve signed my -tWoJ-subscrhhi witnesses.

y CI RLES T. WESTLAJQE. Witnesses: A

M. CARR, .EDWARD ;W. .EURnnLn 4 7 .llame to Y this'-s`pecicat1on .-111 ,the presence of; 

